Support for note-books and the like.



J. WALKER.

SUPPORT FOR NOTE BOOKS AND THE LIKE.

, APPLICATION FILED FEB.1, 191s Patented Julie 2, 1914 2 SHEBTSS.HEBT 1.

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J. WALKER. I SUPPORT FOR NOTE BOOKS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.1, 1913.

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JOSEPH WALKER, O-IE BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

SUPPORT FOR NOTE-BOOKS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1913. Serial No: 745,702.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WALKER, subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Augusta Works, 19-21 Warstone Lane, Birmingham, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for-Note-Books and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rests or supports for note books and the likeand, although applicable to other uses, is particularly intended forapplication to a typewriter.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide the frame whichcarries the book with means for preventing accidental turning over ofthe leaves, with means for adjusting the same vertically and angularlyin a horizontal direction, with means for adjusting the slope of thesame and with means, when it is to beused on a typewriter, for fixingitsecurely to the frame of any ordinary machine.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings. which illustrate oneconvenient constructibnof the improved device:-Figure 1 is a frontviewshowing the parts in operative position for holding the leaves of abook; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; 'Fig. 3 is a partial front viewshowing the parts in the position permitting the leaves to be turned;and Fig. 4 is a partial side view of the same.

' The frame a is made of stout wire bent into a substantiallyrectangular shape and provided at the lower central portion with a clip7) by which it'is pivoted to the upper end (preferably downwardly turnedtoward the front as shown in Fig. 2) of a vertical standard a. Theivoting is efiected on a pin d provided wit a fly-nut e for gripping theclip 6 to the standard 0 when the frame a has been adjusted to thedesired slope. The said standard 0" is of round section and isvertically slidable in a hollow fixed column f. A screw with a fiy-nut his provided on saidco umn f to hold said standard 0 in the'desiredvertical position,

,' the standard being also capable of rotation in the column to adjustit in a horizontal direction.

The book-carryin frame a .is provided with means for hol ing thefront'and back leaves of the book when it is opened and folded back oversame" such means may be mounted 'on either si e ofthe frame butpreferablyon the left-hand side as shown in Fig. l, and they consist ofthe following parts :A curved arm 2', adapted to engage the frontleaves, is pivoted on a suitable bracket 4% arranged on the lowerleft-hand side of theframe a. in the inclined bearings a so that itmoves from a substantially vertical to a substantially horizontalposition and in so doing its freeend o approaches the book. The saidfree end 0 is curved outwardly to form a finger piece for manipulatingthe arm and also to facilitate removing or inserting the leaves underthe same, if desired, while the arm is in ite operative position. Thearm 11 and hinge portion thereof are preferably formed of a piece ofwire which is bent into a U-shape as shown at 3) adjacent the hinge 'toengage the frame a and serve as a stop when the arm z' is down. Saidwire is also provided with a cranked extension ghehind the hinge for apurpose hereinafter explained. The rear part of the book is Such arm ispivoted Patented June 2, 1914.

engaged by another curved wire arm r having a downwardly extendingportion 8 which is hinged by suitable'clips t to the side of the frame aso that the arm r may move to and from the rear of the book. Such reararm is provided with a curved-up end a to serve the same purposes as thecurved end 0 of the front arm 2'; The lower end of the wire forming thehinge of such rear arm r is bent at right angles as shown at r (Fig. 1)and lies adjacent the cranked extension 9 aforesaid and a loose ring tois passed around both of said extension parts 9 and 0 so that the reararm 7* is operated when the fr nt arm 0 is moved. By this means the twoarms are simultaneously moved into their operative and inoperativepositions.

When the device is to be attached to a typewriter the lower end of thefixed column f is provided with a bracket w having a U- shaped lug gwhich is of asuiiicient width to enable it to be engaged freely with thebottom flange of the frame of any ordinary typewriter even if suchflange be curved. To fix such brackets to the flange, screws 2 withfly-nuts are passed through the bracket to grip the flange to thevertical part of the lu What I clalm as my invention and desire movabletoward and from the rear of the Iranie in a plane substantially at rightan-' glee to the plane of the frame, and another arm pivoted thereon soas to be movable at the front of said frame and substantially parallelto the plane thereof.

2. A support for a note book or the like comprising a frame forreceiving the note book or the like, means for supporting said frame, anarm pivoted thereon so as to be movable toward and from the rear of theframe in a-plane substantially at right angles to the plane of theframe, another arm pivoted thereon so as to be movable at the front ofsaid frame and substantially parallel to the plane thereof, and meansfor causing said arms to be moved simultaneously into their operativeand inope'ative position.

3. A support for note book or the like comprising a rectangular framefor receiving the note book or the like, means for supporting saidframe, a horizontal arm at the rear of said frame having verticalportion by which it is hinged on a vertical axis to one side of saidirame, an arm at the trout frame an arm at the front of Said framehavinga right angle portion pivoted to the said side of said frame on an axisinclined to the plane thereof, a right angle extension at the lower endof the vertical portion'of the rear ar1n, a cranked extension to theaforesaid right angle portion of the front arm, and a loose ring'connecting said extensions. In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

v JGSEPH WALKER. Witnesses H. R. Knnsnaiin,

a. B. HAYWARD.

